Nuclear physics is the branch of science that examines the properties and behaviour of atomic nuclei, the densely packed assemblies of protons and neutrons held together by the strong interaction.

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Research Council. 1999. Nuclear Physics: The Core of Matter, The Fuel of Stars. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6288. work ...

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have reported important progress in quantum physics and materials ...

In the air people breathe, the water on Earth, the stars in the sky and more, atoms are the building blocks that make up the ...

Kwaku Afriyie is the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation of Ghana and the co-chair of IAEA’s 2024 Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications and ...

Troy, N.Y. – Nuclear criticality safety and reactor safety are at the heart of a new initiative led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The five-year funding plan calls for $1.5 ...

For the first lecture in the Fall Physics Colloquium Series, Chuankun Zhang, a graduate student from the University of Colorado Boulder's physics department and a researcher at JILA, delivered an ...

Interested individuals have until 11 May 2026 to apply for the next edition of the Nuclear Stakeholder Engagement School. The five-day training programme is designed to equip participants with the ...

Nuclear and plasma physics together probe matter under extreme conditions, from the sub-atomic forces that bind protons and neutrons into nuclei, to the collective behaviour of fully ionised gases in ...